To switch to Powershell from any shell ZSH/bash etc on the Mac Terminal app you can make use of the command pwsh. Just type pwsh on any shell that you are logged into and you will be switched to Powershell.
Demo:% pwsh
PowerShell 7.2.1
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.
PS /Users/code2care> As you can see, from the default ZSH shell I moved to the Microsoft Powershell using pwsh command. Once you switch you would see that the prompt has changed to PS
To exit Powershell just type exit.
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